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(No Model.)

J. WILDE.

GABLE RAILWAY.

No. 393,530. Patented Nov. 27, 1888.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN WVILDE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND ROBERTB. BANISTER, OF SAME PLACE.

CABLE RAILWAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,530, dated November27, 1888.

Application filed June 12,1888. Serial No. 276,798. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN \VILDE, of Provideuce, in the county-ofProvidence and State of Rhode Island, have invented new and usefulImprovemcntsin Cable Railways, of whichthe following is a full, clear,and exact description,

My invention relates to an improvement in cable railways, and has forits object to provide a railway of simple, cheap, and durableconstruction, adapted for use as a conveyer for coal, stone, gravel, andsimilar articles, and also for conveying work, merchandise, or changefrom one room to another in the same building, or from one building toanother, and wherein the railway may be used for pleasure; also as, forinstance, a means of propulsion for dobby-horses, real or miniatureboats, and similar articles.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully setforth, and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1. is a side elevation of a section of railway, and Fig. Zis asection on line a: a" of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of one ofthe conducting or cable pulleys attached to the frame, the cable beingin section; and Fig. 4. is a plan view of one of the said conductors.Fig. 5 is a partial side elevation of a frame having a modified form ofcarrier, and Fig. 6 is an end view of the same. Fig. 7 is a sideelevation of a form of cablepulley adapted for use in turning corners,and Fig.8 isa par tial side elevation ofanother style of corner c;.-blepulley.

In carrying out the invention the frame of the railway, as set forth inthe accompanying drawings, consists of a series of perpendicular postsor standards, A, arranged at suitable distances apart along a givenroute, provided with transverse cap-beams A, projecting outward at eachside, the various posts and capbeams being usually stayed andstrengthened by the attachment of a tie, B, to the posts and transversebeams, which tie is adapted to extend parallel with the routeimmediately above the upper ends of the posts.

Near the extremity and upon the under side of each arm formed by thetransverse beams a substantially U-shaped hanger, b, is secured, and insaid hangers the sections (2 d of a split pulley or cable-conductor, D,are independentl y j ournaled. Between the opposing faces of thesections (1 d, which are smooth, an intervening space, (1", is provided,which space is so determined that the cable D may travel readily andsmoothly over the periphery of the pulley and have a bearing upon eachsection, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The periphery of each section of the con ducting-pulleys D is providedwith an annular flange upon the outer side, and the surface interveningthe inner edges and the flange is slightly curved, as shown at c, Fig.4, the extent of the curve being such that when the inner faces of thesections (2 and d oppose one another the combined curves will constitutea semicircle and readily accommodate a cable.

Fingers E E are secured to the members of the U-shaped hangers neartheir lower ends, which fingers project outward at right angles to thehangers beyond the periphery of the conducting or cable pulley, beingprovided at their outer extremities with opposing hook shaped heads EThe inner ends of the heads E terminate near the periphery of thepulleysections (1 and d at their inner faces, and the said inner andopposing faces of the heads are curved, as shown atf in Fig. 4, from apoint in horizontal alignment with the inner faces of the respectivesections outward, terminating in an extensiomf. The purpose of thefingers E and E is to act in the capacity of guides to direct carriersI-l, suspended from the cable, into the space intervening the contiguousfaces of the cablepulleys.

At intervals a series of carriers H is suspended from the cable D, towhich the article to be propelled or receptacle adapted to receivematerial to be conveyed is attached. The carrier consists usually of acollar, h, which is secured upon the rope, and a flat metal plate, H,adapted to turn freely upon said collar, and provided near the upper orconnected end with a hinged joint, 7t, and at the lower or free end witha hook, h, or equivalent device, for ready and handy attachment.

The carriers are hung with their edges facing the conducting-pulleys D,and in opera tion, wherever a corner is to be turned, a solid pulley,H", is journaled horizontally in suitable brackets, H", around whichpulley a cable is made to pass. As the cable .revolves, the hangers areguided by the fingers E and E between the sections of the dividedpulleys D, as shown in Fig. 3, and when the carriers pass around the endor corner pulley the hinge h" permits the lower section of the saidcarriers to retain a perpendicular position, as shown in Fig. 1. Thusthe cable may be revolved without stoppage, if desired, and con veyuninterruptedly any device or receptacle secured to the carryingarms.

In some instances it may prove advantageous and desirable to giveadditional continued support to the lower end of the carriers. In thisevent a bracket, M, is attached to one member of each hanger, projecteddownward in an outwardly-curved line, and upwardly beneath the dividedor sectional pulley a distance therefrom, the lower ends of the bracketsbeing adapted to support a track, M, as shown in Fig. 6.

.Vhen a track is employed, the carriers are offset away from the bracketnear their lower ends, and a grooved wheel, N, is pivoted upon thecarrier i n the depression thus formed, which wheel is adapted to travelupon the track M, as also illustrated in Fig. (i.

YVith this style of carrier, which consists of one continuous piece ofmetal, a corner pulley constructed as illustrated in Fig. 7 is 011]-ployed, in which a sectional pulley, a, is verticallyjournaled in asuitable hanger, O, and a full pulley, a, is jourualcd at an angle tothe aforesaid sectional pulley, a space being intervened for the passageof the carrier. The cable is adapted to travel partially upon both thepulleys a and n. V

Having thus fully described 'my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a cable railway, the combination,with a cable and hinged carrierssuspended from the same, of sectional pulleys having a space interveningthe contiguous faces of the sections to form a passage for the carriers,and fingers curving in front of said sectional pulleys provided withconvex and outwardly-extending opposing faces, substantially as and forthe purpose herein set forth.

2. The combination, with a frame, transverse arms projecting from saidframe, hangers secured to said arms, and divided pulleys having eachsection independently journaled in said hangers and provided with anintervening space, of a cable adapted to run over said pulleys, collarssecured to said cab1es,and hinged carriers pivoted upon said collars andsuspended from the cable, substantially as and for the purpose hereinset forth.

3. The combination, with a cable and its supporting pulleys, of hingedcarriers suspended from the cable and adapted to turn thereon,substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination, with a cable and hangers carrying divided pulleys,of ol'l'set carriers suspended from said cable provided with a pulley atsaid offset, and a track suspended from said hangers, on which saidpulleys run, substantially as shown and described.

. JOHN \VILDE.

\Vitnesses:

LEWIs E. \V 1mm, (R no. G. FRANKLIN.

